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Fail Safe

A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?

Director

Sidney Lumet

Year

Genre

drama, thriller

Box Office

$3,924,000

Production

Columbia Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award3 nominations total

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Gen. Black

Dr. Groeteschele

Gen. Bogan

Col. Grady

Col. Cascio

The President

Buck

Secretary Swenson

Gen. Stark

Knapp

Russell Collins

Congressman Raskob

Ilsa Wolfe

Thomas

Sullivan

Betty Black

Mrs. Grady

Sgt. Collins

Foster

Mr. Cascio

Stewart Germain

Mrs. Cascio

Jennie

Pilot playing pool with Col. Grady

Robert Gerringer

Go-Go Dancer

Bit Part

Jet Fighter Pilot

Bit Part

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Defense Secretary Swenson Gen. Stark Prof. Groeteschele Dr. Groeteschele Brigadier General Warren A. Black Gen. Bogan Tsgt. Collins Congressman Raskob The President Buck

¡Olé! - Fail Safe

Warren? - Fail Safe

What are you up to today? - Fail Safe

What are you up to today?

I don't know what I'd do without you. - Fail Safe

I don't know what I'd do without you.

I would predict - Fail Safe

I would predict

I'm Ilsa Wolfe.
We were introduced before dinner. - Fail Safe

I'm Ilsa Wolfe. We were introduced before dinner.

You'll have to give me directions. - Fail Safe

You'll have to give me directions.

I'm not your kind - Fail Safe

I'm not your kind

- Airman.
- Sir? - Fail Safe

- Airman. - Sir?

Hello. - Fail Safe

I'm going into town, Airman. - Fail Safe

I'm going into town, Airman.

Conklin, you know where that is? - Fail Safe

Conklin, you know where that is?

Tell the planes to keep orbiting until
we get positive identification of the UFO. - Fail Safe

Tell the planes to keep orbiting until we get positive ident...

...acknowledge at the count of five. - Fail Safe

...acknowledge at the count of five.

That's it, gentlemen. - Fail Safe

That's it, gentlemen.

Okay here. - Fail Safe

There must be some mistake. Check Omaha. - Fail Safe

There must be some mistake. Check Omaha.

Can't get through. Interference. - Fail Safe

Can't get through. Interference.

Can't get through, Colonel. - Fail Safe

Can't get through, Colonel.

Order confirmed.
Request permission to verify, sir. - Fail Safe

Order confirmed. Request permission to verify, sir.

Code sequence correct for today, sir.
Signal is go. - Fail Safe

Code sequence correct for today, sir. Signal is go.

You say these alerts happen
half a dozen times a month? - Fail Safe

You say these alerts happen half a dozen times a month?

That is why some people advocate
a return to manned bombers - Fail Safe

That is why some people advocate a return to manned bombers

- Colonel Cascio, get me the president.
- Yes, sir. - Fail Safe

- Colonel Cascio, get me the president. - Yes, sir.

Hello, Buck. How's your Russian today? - Fail Safe

Hello, Buck. How's your Russian today?

Who gives that order? - Fail Safe

Who gives that order?

The president says he may have to order our fighters - Fail Safe

The president says he may have to order our fighters

They're good men We've seen to that - Fail Safe

They're good men We've seen to that

Yes, Mr. President? - Fail Safe

Yes, Mr. President?

Should I alert air-sea rescue, sir? - Fail Safe

Should I alert air-sea rescue, sir?

If the Soviet Union is left reasonably intact - Fail Safe

If the Soviet Union is left reasonably intact

Mr. President,
the fighters have not succeeded. - Fail Safe

Mr. President, the fighters have not succeeded.

That does it. - Fail Safe

Knock that off! - Fail Safe

Knock that off!

It looks like the Soviets
have a very slow missile - Fail Safe

It looks like the Soviets have a very slow missile

What about the other five - Fail Safe

What about the other five

Why don't you then - Fail Safe

Why don't you then

Fire. Fire... before he gets off
one of those slow ones. - Fail Safe

Fire. Fire... before he gets off one of those slow ones.

Every minute we wait works against us - Fail Safe

Every minute we wait works against us

Yes, Mr. President? - Fail Safe

Yes, Mr. President?

Sergeant Collins on the double - Fail Safe

Sergeant Collins on the double

What does it mean? - Fail Safe

What does it mean?

They're picking us up. - Fail Safe

They're picking us up.

- Marshal Nevsky.
- Here, sir. - Fail Safe

- Marshal Nevsky. - Here, sir.

- General, you'd better have a doctor.
- They've got another one. - Fail Safe

- General, you'd better have a doctor. - They've g...

What the hell, there's nothing
to go home to, anyway. - Fail Safe

What the hell, there's nothing to go home to, anyway.

Maybe... Maybe he doesn't know
his wife is there. - Fail Safe

Maybe... Maybe he doesn't know his wife is there.

Whether they reached a shelter or not - Fail Safe

Whether they reached a shelter or not

And the Lord said gentlemen - Fail Safe

And the Lord said gentlemen

Sir. - Fail Safe

How'd you ever get to be a translator Buck - Fail Safe

How'd you ever get to be a translator Buck

We're to blame both of us - Fail Safe

We're to blame both of us

I can hear the sound of explosions from the northeast - Fail Safe

I can hear the sound of explosions from the northeast

Yes, Mr. President? - Fail Safe

Yes, Mr. President?

General Black! - Fail Safe

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A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?

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Director: Sidney Lumet

Writer: Walter Bernstein, Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler

Production: Columbia Pictures

Genre: drama, thriller

Year: 1964

MetaScore: 75/100

ImdbRating: 8.0

BoxOffice: $3,924,000

Released: 07 Oct 1964

Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award3 nominations total

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